Game 27-29: Utah (8-18, 1-11) vs. USC (13-8, 5-7)
Thursday, April 11 – Saturday, April 13
Game Times: 6 p.m., 11:30 a.m., 11:30 a.m.
Salt Lake City | Smith's Ballpark
Pac-12 TV
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FIRST PITCH
After having its midweek game canceled at BYU, Utah turns its attention to the USC Trojans for a weekend series at Smith's Ballpark.
The series begins on Thursday, April 11 and runs through Saturday, April 13. All three games will be broadcasted on Pac-12 Network.
SERIES
Utah is 10-20 all-time against the Trojans. They first played way back in 1951.
Last time USC was in town, Utah swept them in 2017.
DUNN ALWAYS ON BASE
Second baseman
Oliver Dunn leads the team hitting .355. Dunn is in the top 11 of the Pac-12 rankings in seven different categories. Those categories are batting average, slugging percentage, on-base percentage, runs scored, hits, doubles and triples.
Dunn had a career high six RBI in the Friday game against Arizona going 3-6 at the plate with two doubles.
He leads the team scoring 29 runs scoring two more against BYU and has touched 63 total bases.
Dunn currently has a hit in 18 straight games and has a hit in 24 of the 26 games played this season.
Against Oregon, Dunn hit .429 going 6-14 at the plate with a home run and triple and he scored four runs and knocked in two more runs.
Dunn has also been a warrior on the field through his career, starting in 129 of the 131 games he's seen action in.
BROCOFF MOVES BACK INTO STARTING ROTATION
Brett Brocoff has made two appearances out of the bullpen in Pac-12 play against Stanford and Oregon and has pitched really well.
He has a 2.31 era in 11.2 innings pitched and only allowing three runs with 10 strikeouts.
Against Stanford, he pitched 6.2 innings allowing the Utes to comeback and force extra innings. Then against Oregon, Brocoff came in after one inning and pitched 5.0 innings and only allowed five hits and two earned runs. he also had a season high in strikeouts with six.
In the Oregon State series, he was moved back into the weekend starting rotation. He pitched 6.1 innings against the Beavers only giving up one run on five hits. He also tied his season high with six strikeouts.
Brocoff has pitched at least six innings in four of his seven appearances on the mound. He's second on the team with 25 strikeouts and is third on the team pitching 35.1 innings pitched so far this season.
NEXT UP
Utah will begin a seven-game homestand with USC beginning on Thursday, April 11 at Smith's Ballpark.
The first game will be at 6 p.m. and the last two games will begin at 11:30 a.m. All three games will be broadcasted on Pac-12 Network.